Postdoctoral Fellowship (29) at Uppsala University, Sweden

In this project, the selected candidate will join us in working on theory and computational methods for optimal transport, with a focus on applications towards control theory or signal processing. Optimal transport is a mathematically rich theory for comparing probability distributions, and has recently evolved into a powerful tool for applications in control theory and machine learning. Building on these advancements, we will develop new theory and algorithms for optimal transport, targeting applications that may include control of multi-agent systems, inverse problems, and network data analysis. The exact details of the research project are decided in a dialogue between the postdoctoral researcher and the supervisor.

The research group conducts research and teaching in the field of virology with a focus on molecular biological studies of primarily carcinogenic human papillomaviruses and neurotropic herpesviruses such as herpes simplex and chickenpox virus. The current project on neurotropic herpesvirus and its role in disease is part of a so-called CAG-project at Uppsala University in which Uppsala University and Region Uppsala support collaborative research. The project includes analysis of herpesvirus DNA and RNA in patient samples as well as in experimentally infected and transfected cell cultures. Particular focus is on the regulation of viral gene expression at the RNA level through processes such as RNA splicing, transport, stability and translation. The aim of this project is to enhance our understanding of the mechanisms that control latency and reactivation of neurotropic herpesviruses with the long term goal of identifying novel targets for antiviral therapy. In this CAG-project, the role of herpesviruses in facial palsy is investigated. The research group performs research and teaching in the field of virology and consists of researchers, post-docs, doctoral students and students. The groups constitutes an excellent environment for postdoctoral education. Within the research group, we strive to create a workplace that is experienced as developing and stimulating for all employees. The activities are located at the Biomedical Center in Uppsala. We hereby announce a position for postdoctoral education within this project. 

The project aims to develop new porous organic materials (POMs) from both conventional organic monomers and bio-based feedstock, processing them into application-friendly pristine or nanocomposite structures for advanced adsorption and catalytic applications. The research will focus on tailoring the structural and chemical properties of the POMs for the selective capture of critical metals from acidic leachate of secondary waste products, such as electronic waste. The processing of the tailored POMs will include additive manufacturing as well as interfacial synthetic approaches to shape the materials into, e.g., monoliths or membranes, using the pristine materials themselves or cellulose as a support. The resulting macroscopically structured POMs will serve as ready-to-use sorbents for the recovery of noble metals and subsequently act as metal-enriched supports to drive advanced catalytic reactions. The project, therefore, aims to advance the development of effective, sustainable, and cost-efficient sorbents while also addressing challenges related to the recycling of noble-metal-containing secondary waste.

This position is part of the EU Horizon project, FruitDiv, which aims to monitor, characterize, utilize, and conserve the diversity of fruit tree Crop Wild Relatives (CWR). The project focuses on five species in particular: apples, pears, plums, almonds, and cherries. One of the project’s goals is to provide a comparative view of the genetic diversity and population structure of CWR species. To this end, we recently obtained whole-genome sequencing data (Illumina short-read pair-end) for over 250 individuals of each species collected in natural populations across their distribution ranges. We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to use these data to conduct comparative demographic inferences to i) understand and compare the demographic history of CWR species, as well as the effect of domestication on them, and ii) investigate patterns of introgression between crops and CWR. The project will primarily use SNPs, but further development may include investigating structural variations. The project is co-supervised by Martin Lascoux and Pascal Milesi.

Are you interested in working in dynamical systems and hydrodynamics, with the support of competent and friendly colleagues in an international environment? Are you looking for an employer that invests in sustainable employeeship and offers safe, favourable working conditions? We welcome you to apply for a postdoctoral position at Uppsala University.

This project is a key part of our broader initiative to develop and utilize innovative, interpretable data-driven analysis methods to significantly advance our understanding of immune cell inter-relations within the cancer microenvironment. We will apply these analysis methods to highly informative multimodal microscopy data and develop techniques to integrate correlated structural and molecular analysis into the natural 3D tissue space. This integration will advance the ability to predict disease progression and response to specific therapies.

Are you interested in working with representation theory, with the support of competent and friendly colleagues in an international environment? Are you looking for an employer that invests in sustainable employeeship and offers safe, favourable working conditions? We welcome you to apply for a postdoctoral position at Uppsala University.

The postdoctoral researcher will work with computer-based analytical methods and large databases to develop theory and methodology for utilising aggregated data from archaeology, genetics, and linguistics, thereby advancing innovative interdisciplinary research on human development. Grounded in archaeological perspectives, the proposed postdoctoral project should shed light on various aspects of human prehistory at the interface of questions about culture, language, and genetic development. The postdoctoral researcher is free to develop a project idea within the centre’s overarching theme and chronological framework, and we welcome project proposals based on material from Africa, Oceania, and Eurasia, or that draw on a combination of case studies from these regions.

Denna postdoktortjänst är inom programmet för Molekylär Evolution och kommer att handledas av Courtney Stairs. Varje ekosystem på vår planet består av ett komplext samhälle av organismer. Ekosystemens funktion är ofta beroende av interaktioner – eller symbioser – mellan medlemmarna i samhället. I den mikrobiella världen är symbiotiska interaktioner ofta baserade på syntrofi (dvs. en typ av mutualistisk symbios där näringsämnen utbyts mellan organismer för att möjliggöra metabolisk arbetsfördelning). Detta är vanligt mellan prokaryoter i syrefattiga miljöer och utgör viktiga drivkrafter för vitala globala biogeokemiska kretslopp av till exempel kol, kväve och svavel. Huruvida liknande roller kan tillskrivas protister som lever i dessa miljöer är fortfarande oklara på grund av vår begränsade förståelse av anaeroba eukaryoters biologi, syntrofisk potential och metabolism.

The Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology at Uppsala University has a broad research profile with strong research groups focusing on cancer, genetic and autoimmune diseases. A fundamental idea at the department is to stimulate translational research and thereby promote closer interactions between medical research and health care. Research is presently organized in six research programs: Cancer Precision Medicine, Cancer Immunotherapy, Genomics and Neurobiology, Molecular Tools and Functional Genomics, Neuro-Oncology and Neurodegeneration and Vascular Biology. Departmental activities are also integrated with the units for Oncology, Clinical Genetics, Clinical Immunology, Clinical Pathology, and Hospital Physics at Uppsala University Hospital. The department has teaching assignments in several education programs, including Master Programs, at the Faculty of Medicine. The department has a yearly turnover of around SEK 550 million, out of which about two thirds derive from external funding. IGP has approximately 400 employees, out of which 100 are PhD-students, and there are in total more than 850 affiliated staff members. More information about the department’s activities can be found here: www.uu.se/en/staff/department/immunology-genetics-and-pathology

Are you interested in working within research on Impacts of Extreme Climate Events, with the support of competent and friendly colleagues in an international environment? Are you looking for an employer that invests in sustainable employeeship and offers safe, favourable working conditions? We welcome you to apply for a postdoc position at Uppsala University.

The primary duties involve conducting independent research and preparing applications for external research funding in the field of multilingual natural language processing (NLP). Multilingual NLP refers to computational models that can process multiple natural languages, either for intrinsically multilingual tasks such as translation or cross-language information retrieval or as a way of pooling resources from multiple languages to perform any task such as question answering or summarization. Research on multilingual NLP today focuses mainly on large language models trained on multiple languages, and open research questions concern how to train the models efficiently and effectively, how to evaluate models reliably on a wide range of languages, and how to understand the processes through which linguistic information is encoded and shared across languages in the models. A special research interest is how multilingual models can be used to support languages with limited data resources. The role also includes contributing to the development of the department’s academic environment through collaboration with fellow researchers and lecturers. Teaching and supervision duties may account for up to 20% of a full-time position. The holder of the post is expected to spend most of his or her working hours at the department in Uppsala.

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Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral position in global philology

Deadline : 26 November 2025

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Institutionen för immunologi, genetik och patologi vid Uppsala universitet har en bred forskningsprofil med starka forskargrupper inriktade på bl. a cancer, genetiska och autoimmuna sjukdomar. En av de bärande tankarna vid institutionen är att stimulera translationell forskning och därmed främja en närmare samverkan mellan medicinsk forskning och sjukvården. Forskning bedrivs inom sex forskningsprogram: cancerprecisionsmedicin, cancerimmunterapi, genomik och neurobiologi, molekylära verktyg och funktionsgenomik, neuroonkologi och neurodegeneration samt vaskulärbiologi. Delar av verksamheten är även integrerad med avdelningarna för onkologi, klinisk genetik, klinisk immunologi, klinisk patologi och sjukhusfysik vid Akademiska sjukhuset. Institutionen har undervisningsuppdrag på ett antal programutbildningar, fristående kurser och internationella masterprogram inom den medicinska fakulteten. Institutionen omsätter omkring 550 miljoner kronor, varav ca två tredjedelar är externa forskningsbidrag. Antalet anställda är ca 400, varav ca 100 är doktorander, och det finns totalt över 850 verksamma i arbetsstyrkan. Läs gärna mer om institutionens verksamhet här: www.uu.se/medarbetare/institution/immunologi-genetik-och-patologi

The research will be conducted within the Human Evolution Program at the Department of Organismal Biology (Human Evolution – Uppsala University ) You will work in a broad research program ranging from population genetics to human evolution. As a postdoctoral researcher at the Center of Excellence, Center for the Human Past (Center for the Human Past – Bridging genetics, archaeology & linguistics to explore human history in the last 10,000 years, you will collaborate with other postdoctoral fellows and PhD students in an international work environment.

We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher with a primary expertise in Linguistics who will contribute to the center’s overarching goal to illuminate and understand various aspects of human development over the past 10,000 years. The postdoctoral researcher is expected to combine a variety of methodologies, including historical-comparative reconstruction, computer-based analysis methods and large databases to develop theory and method for using aggregated data from genetics, archaeology and linguistics, thereby developing innovative interdisciplinary research on human history. The postdoctoral project will illuminate various aspects of human history, at the interface between questions of genetic, culture and language evolution.

The Vickovic lab seeks a dynamic, self-motivated, team-oriented molecular biologist to expand wet lab efforts in understanding disease mechanisms. We are interested in developing integrative multi-modal data analysis tools incorporating single cell omics data, imaging data, clinical phenotypes, variants and genotypes. We are looking for a molecular biologist or bioengineer to join our team, lead the development and application of new molecular biology CRISPR approaches in single cell multi-omics, and to coordinate experimental work across the lab. As Scientist, you will be a critical member of a collaborative team that develops cutting edge single cell methods and technologies in order to understand the mechanisms of neuroimmunology, cancer immunology and aging, in an efficient and comprehensive manner, which will accelerate the advancement of clinical therapeutic hypotheses. The primary purpose of this role is to identify unmet needs in the genome technology space and work with the team to develop technologies to address them.

We invite applications for a postdoctoral position in the research group of Matthew Webster at IMBIM, Uppsala University, to investigate the role of somatic mutations in ageing using insect model systems. The position is available for two years with possibility for extension.

Mutations in somatic cells may be important drivers of ageing. This predicts a relationship between somatic mutation rates and longevity in multicellular organisms. Social insects represent promising models to investigate this relationship, due to the existence of castes that differ greatly in longevity despite sharing the same genome. Other promising model systems are represented by experimental lines of insects that have evolved large differences in longevity.

In this project, we aim to address the role of somatic mutations in ageing by measuring somatic mutation rates in honeybee castes and experimental evolution lines of seed beetles. Quantifying somatic mutations on a genome scale with high fidelity is experimentally challenging and we are using specially-developed methods for library prep for high-throughput sequencing to achieve this. The research involves next-generation sequence library preparation in the lab and bioinformatic/statistical analyses of next-generation sequence data.

Do you want to work with research, supported by competent and friendly colleagues in an international environment? Are you looking for an employer committed to sustainable employment practices and offering secure and favorable working conditions? Welcome to apply for a position as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences at Uppsala University.

Are you interested in working on the higher structure of symmetries and their applications to quantum field theories, supported by competent and friendly colleagues in an international environment? Are you looking for an employer that invests in sustainable employeeship and offers safe, favourable working conditions? We welcome you to apply for a postdoctoral position at Uppsala University.

The position is hosted by the Department of Mathematics at Uppsala University. The department conducts research and teaching across a broad range of mathematical disciplines, from pure mathematics to applied mathematics and mathematical physics. It offers a vibrant international environment with active seminars, research groups, and opportunities for collaboration within the university and with leading research centres worldwide. For more information about the Department of Mathematics, please visit our website.

The postdoctoral researcher will also be affiliated with the Centre for Geometry and Physics, which brings together researchers from mathematics and theoretical physics in a lively interdisciplinary setting. The Centre provides a stimulating environment with opportunities for collaboration and exchange of ideas across fields. For more information about the Centre for Geometry and Physics, please visit the centre’s website.

Are you interested in research within theoretical physics related to quantum field theory and string theory, with the support of competent and friendly colleagues in an international environment? Are you looking for an employer that invests in sustainable employee development and offers safe, favourable working conditions? We welcome you to apply for a postdoctoral position in theoretical physics at Uppsala University.

Uppsala University is a comprehensive research-intensive university with a strong international standing. Our ultimate goal is to conduct education and research of the highest quality and relevance to make a long-term difference in society. Our most important assets are all the individuals whose curiosity and dedication make Uppsala University one of Sweden’s most exciting workplaces. Uppsala University has over 45,000 students, more than 7,000 employees and a turnover of around SEK 7 billion.

The postdoctoral position is placed in Ute Cappel’s research group, which focuses on the characterization of solar cell materials and on gaining understanding of the working mechanisms of different types of solar cells (e.g. perovskite, quantum dot). A particular focus is the combination of X-ray spectroscopies (specifically photoelectron spectroscopy) with time-resolved and operando measurements. Such methods can give insights into the dynamics and energetics of the photon-to-electron conversion process through measurements of energy alignment and electric fields between materials. Furthermore, the interfaces in solar cells and their stability is studied.

We are looking for a candidate to work with theoretical modelling of our experimental results to support this work. This includes DFT modelling of absorber-molecule interfaces and calculations of absorption and Auger spectra. This work will be carried out in collaboration with Prof. Michael Odelius at Stockholm University. In Ute Cappel’s research group, the successful candidate will work alongside the experimental team and have the opportunity to learn about experiments at synchrotron radiation facilities.

Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap är en institution inom Medicinska fakulteten vid Uppsala universitet. Vid institutionen finns idag ca 200 medarbetare och ytterligare 150 forskare är kopplade till institutionen. Verksamheten består av 10 forskargrupper och utbildning bedrivs på alla nivåer.

Forskargruppen Molekylär geriatrik vid institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap är verksam vid Rudbecklaboratoriet. Forskningen är framförallt inriktad på cellulära och molekylära mekanismer som är centrala för Alzheimers och Parkinsons sjukdom och sker i samarbete med andra universitetsgrupper såväl internationellt som inom Sverige.

Forskningen har under många år varit inriktad på förändringar som sker i nervcellerna vid Alzheimers och Parkinsons sjukdom, men alltmer uppmärksamhet riktas nu mot hjärnans olika stödjeceller. Astrocyterna är den absolut vanligaste typen av stödjecell och har mycket stor inverkan på hjärnans hälsa. Våra resultat visar att astrocyterna är involverade i sjukdomsprogressionen och sprider patologiska proteinaggregat till närliggande celler med olika mekanismer. Till exempel kontaktar astrocyterna sina grannar med tunna trådlika utskott (nanorör), samt släpper ifrån sig vesiklar med delvis nedbrutet material, som skadar omgivande nervceller. Det övergripande målet med projektet är att förstå hur astrocyterna bidrar till spridningen av patologin vid Alzheimers sjukdom och därigenom identifiera framtida behandlingsstrategier.